markko
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- Comment on DIY E-Reader Folds Open Like A Book (Diptyx) 2 hours ago:
I did consider less common uses like that, which is why I specified “general reading”. I prefer paper for my sheet music, but I’d choose something with a faster refresh rate than e-ink if I had to use something with a screen anyway.
- Comment on DIY E-Reader Folds Open Like A Book (Diptyx) 6 hours ago:
The only reason I’d want 2 “pages” is so I could close it to protect the screen(s)… but that’s exactly what covers are for.
Apart from the tiny minority of people who might prefer the form factor/“book feel”, are there any actual advantages to having 2 screens for general reading?
- Comment on Offline TTS in 2026? 1 day ago:
I’m guessing this is what you’re talking about?
- Comment on Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux 1 day ago:
Yep I got the feeling that we were of similar minds about it but I wanted to provide some balance in case anyone else was weighing up switching to a different browser.
I knew JS was his handiwork, but I wasn’t aware of his significant role at Mozilla or that he is also behind Brave, so thanks for sharing that link.
- Comment on Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux 3 days ago:
According to your link below he was co-founder of Mozilla in 1998. Based on the other information on that page, he had a very significant role in shaping Mozilla and their tools, so as disagreeable as his personal views may be, it’s not impossible that Firefox might not even exist today were it not for his work there.
Someone else has already pointed out that he was pushed out, but he actually resigned due to public pressure (he was only CEO for 11 days, and one of the board members even left due to him being appointed) before going on to found Brave and becoming the CEO there lol.
If I chose not to use products based on the personal beliefs of the people who worked on them I don’t think I’d have very many options. Mozilla has made heaps of questionable decisions over the years, but the other options are generally much worse.
- Comment on Thousands Sign Petition Calling For Man Who Tackled Bondi Shooting Gunman To Be Australian Of The Year 1 week ago:
Yeah you’re right about that from a safety perspective. The original comment was talking about civilians taking the law into their own hands though, and that’s what my reply was focused on.
- Comment on Thousands Sign Petition Calling For Man Who Tackled Bondi Shooting Gunman To Be Australian Of The Year 1 week ago:
Very different situation. Home invaders are generally thieves. Home insurance will get you your stuff back. Life insurance won’t give you your life back.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Grok Goes Haywire, Boasts About Billionaire’s Pee-Drinking Skills and ‘Blowjob Prowess’ 4 weeks ago:
Given the influence of both Israel and the US president, I cannot help but suspect that there is an intention behind this.
Not to mention the large number of Israelis (often former Mossad/intelligence agents) directly involved in US tech companies.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 5 weeks ago:
Yeah I doubt that’s the issue on a PC with 64GB RAM.
- Comment on Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search 5 weeks ago:
Dopamine
- Comment on Israel has been caught disguising bombs as toys to kill Palestinian children 1 month ago:
Yeah you’re probably not going to see this story on CNN, BBC, NYT et al. for some time (if ever) because all the big news corps are doing their best to keep things like this as quiet as possible. Just compare the difference in quantity and detail of stories about the released captives from each side as an example.
It’s hard to get quality photo and video evidence of anything in Gaza when Israel has blocked any outside journalists from entering and continues to target and kill local journalists.
You’re right that this isn’t high quality journalism, but we may not get to see this otherwise. There’s no need to fabricate the atrocities committed by Israel because the reality is bad enough. I don’t like the amount of effort I have to go to to gather information to make up my mind about a story, but that’s exactly what Israel and its backers want. There probably are better-written articles in other languages available, but I don’t think anything that isn’t in English can be posted here.
That said, there are several other sources that quote the Director General of Gaza’s Health Ministry as saying they have found bombs disguised as toys:
telesurenglish.net/gaza-officials-warn-of-explosi…
en.safa.news/…/Children-in-Gaza-Face-a-New-Level-…
middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-israel-accused-of-…
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 1 month ago:
That would be great for those 11 people.
- Comment on OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly 1 month ago:
I think the majority of people use it to (unreliably) solve tedious problems or spit out a whole bunch of text that they can’t be bothered to write.
While ChatGPT has been intentionally designed to be as friendly and conversational as possible, I hope most people do not see it as something to have a meaningful conversation with instead of as just a tool that can talk.
Anecdotally, whenever I see someone mention using ChatGPT as part of their decision-making process it is usually taken less seriously, if not outright laughed at.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 month ago:
Exactly. This title is just clickbait.
The actual study’s title is “Resolution limit of the eye — how many pixels can we see?”.
- Comment on Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easily 2 months ago:
Oh yeah there’s definitely a bit of effort involved, but most distros have very similar directory setups, so it’s often just a matter of copying across the relevant folders, with the “home” folder being the one that typically contains most or all of your user data.
Being able to test run distros off a USB drive is a great (and easy) way to see if it might be for you without making any sort of commitment.
Another option is to install the distro to a second hard drive so you have a more permanent environment to test it. I’ve done this before, and when I was content that I wanted to switch to it I just copied all my stuff across.
- Comment on Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors 2 months ago:
Thank you very much!
I’m glad it was at least about something fairly trivial.
- Comment on Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors 2 months ago:
Any chance you remember what that one edit war was about?
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 2 months ago:
These are all pretty easy to answer with a search, but here’s some info to get you started:
Does Linux have a windows GUI?
Lots of distros are similar to Windows in many ways. Some are specifically geared towards Windows-to-Linux migrants, or trying to be as close to Windows as possible. They are all much more customisable than Windows too, so you can change it to whatever works for you.
Linux Mint is often recommended to newcomers. Zorin OS is another good option that is more like Windows.
howtogeek.com/windows-like-linux-distros-you-shou…
Do all the steam games have Linux compatability?
No, but compatibility is constantly improving and more developers are natively supporting Linux.
Game compatibility list: www.protondb.com
Also, Windows app compatibility list (though many Linux app alternatives are better than their Windows counterparts IMO): appdb.winehq.org
Is there a Linux version of Windows Defender?
Windows is far less secure, and targeted by much more malware due to it’s market share.
linuxsecurity.com/news/…/antivirus-linux
Many Linux users don’t bother with antivirus software at all, but yes, there are plenty of options available.
- Comment on Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easily 2 months ago:
Great thing about Linux is you can change your distro whenever you want.
If you’re uncertain, or not ready to go through the process just yet, you can always just boot Bazzite off a USB drive and play around with it for now.
- Comment on Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easily 2 months ago:
As someone who was in your exact position several years ago, nice!
I’d recommend Linux Mint to newcomers though. It’s based on Ubuntu and is even easier to get comfortable with (much better GUI for updates and app “store”), but it strips out all the Microsoft-like stuff that Canonical have been doing in recent years.
Pop!_OS (also based on Ubuntu) and Bazzite are also meant to be beginner friendly, and are particularly geared towards gaming on Linux, especially the latter.
- Comment on ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous 2 months ago:
Non-expert opinion: it’s dangerous.
- Comment on Poll indicates over 60% of Jews in the US believe Israel has committed war crimes 2 months ago:
Funny you don’t see the irony of that actually being your argument.
Do you go out and protest Hamas?
What a ridiculous question. The vast majority of governments have made their feelings about Hamas very clear. Do you go out and protest crime?
- Comment on Poll indicates over 60% of Jews in the US believe Israel has committed war crimes 2 months ago:
I know for a fact war crimes were committed by the allies in WWII.
And in your mind that makes what Israel is doing completely fine??
Also it would be nice to know the exact wording…
OP already linked the PDF. Here’s a screenshot showing the question:
And here’s one from the referenced Pew survey:
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 2 months ago:
I guess it depends on the specific apps we use. Some can be pretty massive, but I have heaps of APKs that are <30MB, and even several that are <1MB.
Maybe a couple of large enough apps could be the issue if you always have them open, or if they are running services on your phone.
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 2 months ago:
Yeah that unfortunately seems to be the only option if you don’t want to completely reset your device or remove apps one at a time to find the culprit. And there’s no guarantee either of those will work anyway.
I’ve actually found a small number other users reporting a similar issue, though dev responses all seem to believe the issue is likely caused by apps rather than the OS. The fact that the issue is exclusive to GrapheneOS doesn’t appear to have swayed them into looking into it unfortunately.
If I were in your position I’d probably use the Auto Reboot setting so at least you don’t have to do it manually every day. It reboots after a specified number of hours without an unlock, so it’s ideal for when you’re asleep.
- Comment on Poll indicates over 60% of Jews in the US believe Israel has committed war crimes 2 months ago:
It should matter in all cases. In Canada’s case, it is a historical issue and cannot be undone, whereas this is ongoing and can be changed.
Canada has paid reparations to victims, and many efforts have been made to document and acknowledge the harm done.
While this may well be a case of “too little, too late”, it’s not something many people can see Israel ever doing, especially since most Canadians were unaware of the residential schools until very recently, while the majority of Israelis have made their feelings towards Palestinians very clear.
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 2 months ago:
That’s why I put it in quotes. Being able to view the RAM usage is useful though. Best of luck with resolving your issue.
- Comment on Poll indicates over 60% of Jews in the US believe Israel has committed war crimes 2 months ago:
How many of those protests are about Palestinians?
The vast majority of them, and the largest of them, are about saving the “hostages” and opposing Netanyahu.
One of the largest protests so far: thejc.com/…/israelis-protest-gaza-war-netanyahu-w…
Not a single mention of Palestinians.
Speaking ahead of the rally, Yehuda Cohen, father of hostage Nimrod Cohen, accused Netanyahu of “blowing up the hostages in Gaza.” He stated: “Netanyahu is killing the hostages and destroying the country.”
“The hostages’ lives are in your hands, time is running out, the hostages have no time. We’ve seen hostages return. You have the power to do this. So please do it already. Sign phase B and bring my brother back to me. Give me my life back, now!"
The surge in demonstrations was also partly triggered by Netanyahu’s move to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.
“The government has launched a direct, violent and unrestrained attack: on us, on our democracy, on our values, on our future, and on the lives of our children. It will not win,” he went on, accusing the government of “turning its back on the law, on the High Court of Justice and on the public.
“This struggle is not another protest. This is a struggle for the face of Israel. This is a struggle for our home,” he implored.
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 2 months ago:
I wasn’t denying the fact that you’re experiencing this issue, but since this is the first I’ve heard of something this bad in my 3 years of using GrapheneOS, this does appear to be a fairly unique case.
Provided you are using an otherwise well-functioning and currently supported device (and not an emulator), and that you are using a stable release installed via an official method (and there were no install issues), your best bet would be to ask for help in one of the community chats or forums: grapheneos.org/contact#community
You will be asked to share which device you are using though, which you did not seem comfortable doing in the post you linked to.
Unrelated, but I learned about the Android “task manager” (Running Services) from that post of yours, so thanks for sharing that.
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 2 months ago:
I’m the complete opposite with respect to wanting all of those apps and features built into the OS, but I understand that’s what most people seem to want, which is largely why iPhones are so popular.
To me, all of that built-in stuff is bloatware that I have to remove just so I can use whichever software I want.
I’ll take a bit of jank if it means I have the freedom to do what I want on my device (and choose a device with the specs that matter to me within my budget). That’s why so many people are upset at this news.
The Apple ecosystem is perfectly suitable for the needs you described, and it’s not something Google will be able to match due to their lack of a real competitor in the desktop OS market. Microsoft had their chance with the Windows Phone but, knowing Windows, I doubt it would ever have had the same level of polish as iOS.
